The Rape of Europa
Guido Reni|Simone Cantarini
ca.1636
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 13 1/16 in. (24 × 33.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.634.15
Tags
AnimalsWomen
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Simone Cantarini · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...